Iberian lynx 'world's most endangered cat' saved from extinction, for now

An Iberian lynx is released into the wild in Spain during the first experimental reintroduction of two Iberian lynxes back in Dec. 14, 2009. At the start of the 20th century there were 100,000 of the animals in Spain and Portugal, but that dropped to as little as 110.

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A group of 100 of the world's most endangered cat, the Iberian lynx, has been released back into the wild in Spain.

According to the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) the animals' population had plummeted to just 110, of which just 38 were breeding females, putting the wild cat species in danger of being the first to become extinct for at least 2,000 years.

However, the BBC reports that thanks to the Lynx Life project and its efforts to enhance the felines' habitat, numbers are up too - the population has grown to 300 cats.

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